Warsaw Once the mess was out in the open and Ontario Federation of Labour president Sid Ryan spilled the beans on his Facebook page about all of the sharp elbowed, behind the scenes jostling that makes up 95% of all of labor’s internal politics, virtually any and all union members knew it was all over …
Category: International
Here Comes the Pope!
Warsaw The Organizers’ Forum is assembling in Poland. There are Catholic churches everywhere, and they are huge, part of the legacy of Pope John Paul. The news everywhere though is focused on the first visit of Pope Francis to the United States and what that really might herald. Francis has thus far been a breath …
Studies Find Microfinance Does Not Reduce Poverty, Assets Do
Hamburg Several years ago ACORN International did a research report that seemed heresy to many, but started from the simple proposition that since microfinance is debt, debt does not reduce poverty, therefore the value of microfinance was the same as buying a job through an employment agency: work at a steep price. For many the …